Spout-soldering machine



July 29. 1924. 1,502,773

c. GUERITEY sPouT soLnERmG MACHINE Fired Aug. 16, 1922 BY I A TTRNEY- July 29.y 1924.

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' SPOUT SOLDERING MACHINE Filed Aug- 16 1922 '7 Sheets-Sheet 2 -trlllIllllllln NVENTOR tier/es raq ATTORNEY uygg, 1924. 1,502,773

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SPOUT SULDEHING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16 1922 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 IN VEN TOR Mardis `5ms/2 y.

BY ,Q ATTORNEY ,l

July 29. 1924. 1,502,773

C. GUERITEY sPoUT soLDERING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16 1922 '7 She s-Sheet 4 1N VNToR (Zar/eas @leafy ATTORNEY C. GUERITEY SPOUT SULDERING MACHINE July 29, 1924. 1,502,713

Filed Aug. 1e 1922 '7 Sheets-Sheet v5 uuuuuuuuu IN VEN TOR BY l Q ATTORNEY lJuny 29. 1924.. 1.502.773

` C. GUERITEY S POUT SULDERING MACHINE Filed Aug. 16 1922 '7 Sheets-Sheet 6 1W m. @gram/wl ATTORNEY C.GUERWEY SPOUT SULDERING MACHINE July 29, 1924. 1,592,773

Filed Aug. 15, 1922 '7 Sheets-Sheet 7 1N VEN TOR Cdfs Jaffa?? ATTORNEY Patented July 29, 1924.

" UNITED? STATES` 1,502,713 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES GUERITEY, OCF PASSAICL NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T PASSAIC WARE C0., OF PASSIC, NEW JERSEY, A GORPQRATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

. sPoUT-somnnnme MACHINE.

application mea 'August is, 1922. sei-iai No. 582,132.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GUERI'I'EY, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spout- Soldering Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide).

on the caps and spouts, and discharge the completed articles from the machine.

My invention further comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the acc'mpanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention, some parts being 3Q omitted;

Fig. 2 is afragmentary sectional plan view;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan` view, illustrating the spider for holding assembled caps and spouts while the same are. being soldered and discharged;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged det-ail section illustrating one of the cap holding means;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5, 5 in Fig. 4;

\ Fig. 6 is a section on line 6, 6 in Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a detail of part of the cap holding means; Fig. 8 is a detail section-illustrating one of the cap retainers;

Figs.'9 and 10 are sectional details illustrating means for seating the caps in the retainers;

Fig. 11'is a detail section on line 11, 11 in Fig. 1;` Fig. 12 is a detail lan view;

Fig. 13 is a detai sectional view illustrating means for assembling caps and spouts; A

Fig. 14 is a detail section illustrating a cap and spout assembled; v j

for its seam is closed;

Fig. 15 is a detail plan view of a spout retainer; f

Fig. 16 is a section on line 16, 16 in Fig. 11;

Fig. 17 is a sectional diagrammatic view 60 illustrating driving means 4for the turrets and cap carrying spider, the section being Y takel substantially on line 17, 17 in Fig. 18;.

Fig. 18 is a section substantially on the plane of the line 18, 18 in Fig. `17;

Fig. 19 `is a detail front view, partly iii section, illustrating cap punching devices;

Fig. 20 is a section substantially on line 20, 2() in Fig. 19; Fig. 21 is a sectional detail illustrating 70 cap punching devices;

Fig. 22 is a similar view illustrating means for spreading the metal at the'holes in caps;

Fig. 23 is a detail plan view of seam clos- 75 ing devices for the spouts;

Fig. 24 is a detail illustrating the seam closing devices closed Fig. 25 is a detail section of a spout be# Fig. 26 is a section on line 26, 26 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 27 is a section on line 27 l27 in Fig. 2; Figs. 28, 2,9, 30 and 31 are sectional details illustrating the cap and spout preparatory' 85 to assembly and solderin and,r Fig. 32 is a detail view of devices or feeding solderA wire. j

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe several views. f

y The main frame 1 of the machine may be of any suitable construction.A The caps are indicated at 2 and the spouts for ythe caps at 3. The machine is shown provided with a chute 4 adapted to deliver the caps to a tur- 95 ret 5 shown carried by a shaft journaled in suitable bearings in the main frame, as upon the top 1of said frame, (Figs. 1, 2, 17 and 18). Turret 5 isshown in the form of a disk provided with spaced holes 7 in which 100 cap retainers 8 are located. The caps may be fed by hand into the chute and a star wheel 9 journaled in the chute causes the caps to move separately by gravity through the chute (Fig. 27). The retainers 8 are 105 shown provided with central apertures 8 for the caps and with radial slots 8b communicating with said apertures (Fig. 8). The caps from the chute drop partially into -the apertures 8 and when the turret 5 comes to 110 v rest, at the positionA in Fig. 2, aplunger 10 descendsfand pushesthe cap :there eneathV l -into retainer v8 against a plate 11 (Fi s. 1, 9

1ok a drive shaft 17 carried by the main frame,

and 10). The plunger 10 is-V carrie slide bar or head 12 guided ineways in a sipport 13 supported upon the table top l, igs. 1, 19`and120).. kThe turret 5 is to be rotated step by step. I-.haveshown a shaft 14 journaled in the main frame and provided with a gear 15 in mesh with a gear, 16 on (Figs. 1, 2, 17, 18and 20), the shaft 14 being shown provided with an arm`18 adapted to co-operate with the star-wheel 19 of a eneva movement that is secured upon shaft 6, whereby asthe arm 18 is rotated the shaft l 6 and turret 5 will be rotated step by step.

A locking disk 2OA secured on shaft 14 cooperates with a locking disk 21 on. shattJ to retain the turret in set position each time it is moved a step, the disk 20having a recess 20a to co-operate wlth disk 21 when the i Geneva Wheel 194 is moved. When the turret 4 4 awel of'caps 2 from retainers 8 when said comes to rest adjacent to the slide or head 12 a punch 22 carried by said head, (Figs. 19

. and 21), passes. throughvthe vtop of the cap and, in co-operation with' a die 23 carried by support 24 on the main frame, punches a hole 2a in the ca (Figs. 19, 21 and 29). At the next stop o? the turret the punched cap is brought beneath a lunger 25'carried by slide or head 12 and w ich advances through said hole previouslypunched in the cap and.

1n co-operation with a die 26 carried by support 24 pushesoutwardly the portion of the ca around said hole 2, (Fi s'. 22, 29 and 30)), producin a neck 2b on t e ca (Figs. 22 and 30)Y bove the dies 23 an 26 is a strip r plate 24 havingholes to receive the unc 22 yand plunger 25 'to resist withpunch and plunger recede. The punched cps are broughtto rest, at the position B h ig. 2) opposirngl a turretw27 which carries e spouts 3. i e turret 27 is supported upon shaft 28 journaled iii the main frame,

igs. 2 and 17), which shaft is shown provided with a gear 29 in mesh with a gear 30 'carried by shaft`6 (Figs. 17 and 18), whereby turret 27 will be rotated step by unison with turret '5. l Y

The turret 27 is provided with chucks or retainers 3 1 'for the spouts I3 andis shown between them for the spouts, which meinbers are spring pressed inwardly by means of springs 34, which `members and springs are shown within a cage 35 retained openf amarre ing 36 .of 'turret 27, a retaining plate 37 4 being screwedtto the. turret over the corresponding cage and chuck, (Figs. 13 and 15).

The chucks 31 correspond in number and v position to the retainers 8A of turret 5 so that each time said turrets are brought to rest a chuck will oppose` a retainer. In the last named stopping position of the turrets a plunger 38, above turret 27 iscaused to de-l scend to push vthe spout 3 into the cap 2 beneath (Figs. 1,13, 14 and 20). The plunger 38 is shown slidable'in a guide 39 carried by support 13 and said plunger is shownmovab y connected at 40 with an arm 41 pivot- `ally supported at.42 upon support 13, and

pivotally connected with the depending link 43 (Figs. 1 and 12). The link43 is shown connected to a lever 44 actuated by 'a cam 45 on shaft 17, (Figs. 1 and 11), whereby for eachrotation of said shaft, corresponding -to each step of turrets 5 and 27, -the plunger 38 will be reciprocated to push a spout into a cap. The slide or head 12 is shown connected' with a depending link 46 vactuated by an eccentric or cam 47 on shaft 17, (Figs. 1, 12 and 20), to reciprocate said heads.

When the s outs have been assembled in the caps, whic is accom lished' successively by the means describe the effect of the plunger 38 in pushingA the spouts into the caps is liable `to cause the seams lofthe Lspouts to spread, as indicated in Fig. 25.

I provide means to close the seams of the s outs as follows Beneath the turrets, at t e point where the spouts are pushed into the caps, are located a pair of spout clamping jaws 48, 49 shown carried respectively by levers or arms 50, 51 in position to grasp the spouts, (Figs. 1, 2, 23 and 24). The leversy 50, 51 are pivotally supported upon table top la respectively at 52, 53 and are connected together by a link 54. Asprin 55 connected with an arm of lever 50 an A.

with the table top normally tends to cause said arms to spread'apartto se arate the jaws 48,49 so that the spout wil enter between'said jaws. A cam 56 secured on shaft 14 co-operates with arm 50 to rock the same ,during rotation'of said shaft, (Figs. 2 and 23). After a spout has entered between the jaws 48, 49 the latter are caused to clamp the spout' to squeeze the metal thereof to close its seam. To temporarily hold the jaws in the closed position I provide pins 57 that project,- from a block 58 carried bv Va rod 59 guided in abearinglat 60, which rod is movably connected with an arm 61 on shaft l62 journaled on the main frame, (Fig. l), .which shaft is provided with an arm 63 that is operated by a cam 64 on shaft 17. When the jaws 48, 49 have closed upon a spout, the block 58 will be advanced and its pins 57 will enter recesses 65 in the jaws to temporarily retain them closed, whereupon the block 58 will .be withdrawn and the jaws 48,49 will spread apart to release the spout.

After the spouts assembled in the caps, the ca ps with the attached `spouts are raised and carried Yaround to be dipped in flux and solder, and

are cooled. For the last named purposes I provide a rotative and reciprocative head 66 shown having spider arms 67 provided with supporting means, for clamping jaws for the caps, which head is carried'by a reciprocative and rotative 'shaft 68 guided in bearings on the main frame. The shaft 68 is provided with a gear wheel 69 in mesh with gear 30, (Figs. 17 and 18), and said shaft is also movably connected with a bellcrank lever 70 that is'connected with a link 71 that is actuated by a ca m 72 on shaft 48, whereby the shaft 68 and head 66 are reciprocated in unisonL with the operations of the turrets. A key 68a in shaft 68 connecting with gear 69 permits said 1shaft to be reciprocated through gear 69 and rotated thereby (Fig. 18). The clamping means for the caps are arranged" as follows: Each of the arms 67 projecting from head 66 is provided with a bore 67, (Fig. 4), in which a spindle or rod 73 is secured, as by means of nut 74, which spindle or rod depend-s below arm 67 and is shown provided with radially disposed jaws 7 5 between which spaced clamp ing jaws 76 are pivoted at 77. Said jaws are normally pressed inwardly by springs 78 bearing against spindle or rod 73 and against said jaws to iiexi ly grasp the caps 2. One of the jaws 76 is shown provided with a 1roller 79 to engage an arm 80 located over a conveyor 81, (Fig. 3), whereby the corresponding jaw 76 will be caused to. rock to release l.the cap so that it may drop into the conveyor. Should the arm 80 fail to actuate the clamp jaw to release the cap having a' spout, a stop` 82 will engage the s out and .knock the capand spout out of t e jaws. Each time the head 66- descends a pair of jaws 76 will enter the slots 8b of a retainer 8 on turret 5 to grasp a cap, (Fig. 8), and on the rise of said head the cap with an attached spout will be raised from such retainer. Should the jaws fail to grasp a cap the next stop of turret 5 will advance the cap and on the next descent` of head 66a plunger 83, at the stopping point C, (Fig. 3)-, will descend and puslithe cap from the turret. The plunger 83 isv shown guided by an arm 84 extending from a fitting or 'cap 85 located at the up erelid of shaft 68, (Fi s. 1, 3 and 4).A Y hearm 84 has a depening guide 84 for plunger `83 and a spring 86 bearing against a. stop 87 j on plunger 83 and againsthe arm 84 normally tends to depress su'ch plunger and cushion its contact with a cap.

When. the caps having the attached'VA spouts are lifted by jaws 76 above turret h'ave been successively plied with iiux or acid by means of a pipe 89 extendinglfroma tank 90 carried by a sipport 91 extending from frame 1, (Fig. 1 secured upon the frame 1 in position to receive spouts carried by the head 66 as the latter descends. The bath 92 may bc of sufficient length to permit the spouts to 4be dipped therein more or less times. dur- -ing the rotation and reciprocation of head 66 (Fig. 2). The solder bath 92 may be maintained heated by means of gas burners indicated at 93 (Fig. 1). Adjacent` to A bath or chamber 92,-for solder is solder bath 92 is a water bath 94 located in position to receive the spouts after solder has been applied thereto. When head 66.

descends the soldered spouts will be dipped in the water bath to cool them. At 95 is a channel extending from the solder bath over the water bath, (Figs. 2 and 3), to catch any solder that may drip fromV the spouts in their passage from the solder bath to. the water bath Adjacentto the water bath is a pot or bath 96 which may contain heated metal, such as lead, into which the cooled spouts will dip when the head 66 descends, to melt any solder that might remain in the spouts, 'since the heated lead will not stick to the spouts. At 97 'is a bath or tank for ,water into which the soldered spouts are finallydipped to cool them after which, by the rotation of head 66, the roller 79 engages arm 80 to cause release of the soldered spouts. It will be observed that the baths are located; in an arc described' aroundthe axis of head 66, so that each time the head descends a spout will be dipped in one of the baths, and so on successively.

In order to prevent excess solder remaining within the spouts a blast of compressed air is forced through a bore 73a in spindle or rod 73, and through va nozzle 73b attached to the lower end of said spindle, (Figs. 4 and 7), which nozzle is adapted to enter the cap and the adjacent end of the spout depending therefrom to direct the Aair blast into the spout when a cap is re- 73 through transverse bore 73c therein, 1.30*

(Fi .p 4:). The cap-85 does not rotate with hea 66 and shaft 68 but is journaled on the shaft and retained by 4means of a set -screw 102 that enters an annular grooveV 103 at theupper end of shaft 68. Thenipple 98 is connected by a iiexible hose 104, (Figs. land 4) with means to control the blasts of compressed air, for which purpose the hose 104 is connectedswith a bore 105 in head 12,'A which bore through its port 106 is adaptedto receive air in a bore 107 in support 13, to `which bore a hose 108 is attached, said .hose .being adapted to receive air under pressure from any suitable source, (Figs. 19 and 20); The arrangement is such that each time head 12 de- 4scends,fits port 106 will, receive air from bore l107 to be conducted by hose 104V to bore 100 -to be blown through`the nozzles carried'by jaws 76, at whichtime the nozzleswill be above the baths, and on the rise of head 12 the air blast willsbe cut off.

The solder may beup lied to bath 92,

as required, by any sui ab e means.` I have shown solder Wire 110 fed through a'guide Jcube 111/ terminating over bath 92, said tube being Vcarried by an arm 112 secured` to frame 1, (Figs. 3 and 32). Feed rolls pivotally carried by arm 112 feed the solder. A ratchetwheel 115 secured to -the pivot of roll 113is actuated by a pawl 116 pivotally carried by a rock arm 117, shown journaled on the pivot of roll 113 and Vis pivotally connected by a link 118, lwith an arm` 119 that extends from cap 85, (Fig.

3). When the. head 66 vreciprocates the pawl 116 will cause step by step feeding of the solder wire, which will feed' ,into the 1 molten solder in bath 92 and will melt therein.

The o eration .may be described as follows he caps being applied successively in the retainers 8 of 'turret5 and the outs applied in the chucks or retainers 31o turret.27, as Athe turrets rotate, the heads 12 and turrets, .whereby caps are successively punched, their necks 2b produced'and the spouts pushed int'o the necks of the caps, so that when the machine is operated a cap and a-s'polft assembled'ftherewith will be in position to be removed from the turret 5 at each descent of head 66. Upon therise of head 66 a cap and attached spout will be 66 will descend and rise ateach, stop of the.

My improved-machine will be found expeditious and accurate in assembling and soldering spouts and caps. It will be evident that, while I have referred to assembling together caps and spouts 'and soldering the same, the machine is adapted to assembling 'and soldering articles other than caps and spouts by suitably organizing the parts for such articles.

My invention is notlimitedto the details of construction set forth as the same may be varied, within the. scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention. d

Having now described my invention, what l claim is 1. The combination of means to supply caps and spouts, means t9 successively assemble the caps and spouts together, and a' bath of molten solder adapted to receive said articles, with means to successively remove the assembled capsand spouts from the second named means and dip them in said molten solder.

2. 'lhefcombination of means to support .ca-ps, means to puncture the caps, means to support spouts, means' to insert the spouts in the punctured caps and means to remove n the caps .andspouts from the last named means and dip them successively in ilux and molten solder.

3. The combination of means to support caps, means to puncture the caps, means to press outwardly the material at the puncture of the caps, means to support spouts, means to insert the spouts in the punctured caps and means to removethe caps and spouts from the lastnamed means anddip them successively in fluxA and molten solder.

4. The combination. of a. turret having means to retain caps, asecond turret having means to retain spouts, means to' transfer the spouts from the Vsecond named turret to the caps, means to remove the assembled caps and spouts from the irstfnamed turret and insert the spouts successively in lux and inmolten solder, and means to `rotate said turrets step by step.

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5. The 'combination of a turret having means to retain caps, means to puncture.

means tonretain spouts opposing capsin the first named turret, means to transfer the spouts from the second named turret to theV caps successively, means to rotate said turlets step by step, means to remove caps and spouts fromthe first named turret and insert them successively in flux and in molten solder, and-means to rotate said turrets.

- 6. The combination of a turret having means to retain caps, means to puncture caps in the turret, a second turret having means to retain spouts opposing caps in the. first named turret, means to transfer the spouts from the second named turret to the caps successively, means to close the seams of the spouts, means to rotate said turrets step by step, means to' remove caps and spouts from the first named turret and insert them successively in iux and in molten solder, and means to rotate said turrets;

7 The combination of a turret having means to retain caps, a reciprocative head having means to puncture the caps in the turret, a secondturret provided with means' to retain spouts opposing caps in the first named turret, means to assemble the caps and spouts together, means to remove the caps and spouts from the corresponding turret and insert them successively in ux and in molten solder, and means to rotate said" and spouts together, a reciprocative plunger to insert the spouts in the caps,I means to remove the caps and spouts from the corresponding turret and insert them succeively in iux and inmolten solder, and means to rotate said turrets.

9. The combination of a turret having meansto retain caps, a reciprocative head having means to puncture the ca s in the turret, a second turret provided ywith means to retain `spouts opposing caps in the irst named turret, means to assemble the caps and spouts together, a reciprocative plunger to insert the spouts in the caps, means to close the seams ofthe spouts, means to remove the caps and spouts from the corresponding turret and insert 'them successively in iiux and in molten solder, and means to rotate said turrets step by step and reciprocate the last named means in unison with the rotation of the turrets.

10. The combination of a turret havin means to retain caps, a reciprocative-heav provided with means to seat the caps in said turretand to puncture the caps in the turret, a second turret provided with means to retain 'spout opposing caps in the first named turret, means to assemble the spouts and caps, means to remove the caps and spouts from the corresponding turret `and insert them successively in iiix and in molten solder, and means to rotate said turrets'step by step and to reciprocate the last/named means in unison with the rotation ofthe turrets.

1 1. The combination of means toassemble articles together, with a rotative and reciprocative head provided with jaws to grasp said articles, to remove them from the assembling means, means -to reciprocate and rotate said head step by step, a bath for iiux and albath 'for molten'solder opposing said jaws to successively receive the articles carried Vthereby, and means .to release the articles from said jaws.

12. The combination of means to assemble articles together, witha rotative and reciprocative head/provided with jaws to grasp saidiarticles, means to reci recate and rotate said head step by step, a ath for iux and a batir for molten solder opposing said jaws to successively receive lthe articles carried thereby, means to release the articles romsaid jaws, and means to blow compressed ir tliirough said articles after they are solere s zi r 13. Tliexcombination of means to assemble articles together, a reciprocative and rotative head provided with radial arms, jaws carried by said arms adapted to grasp said articles, means to reciprocate and rotate said head step by step to remove tlie articlesffrom the assembling means, a bath for iux and a bath for solder opposed lto said jaws, and

means to release articles from the jaws.

14. The combination of means to assemble articles together, a reciprocative and rotative head rovided with radial arms, jaws carried y saidl arms adapted to grasp said articles, means to reciprocateand rotatel said head step by step, to remove the articles from the assembling means, a bath for iiux and a bath for solder opposed to said jaws, means to release articles from the jaws and means to vblow blasts of air intermittently through articles held by said jaws.

15. The combination of means to assemble articles together, a reci rocative and rota tive head provided witv radial arms, rods carriedA by said arms and vprovided with jaws to` grasp articles, s'aid rod and arms gms' haring communicatin bores .for air, means to conduct air to said ores, means tointermittently supply air to the last named means, a bath for flux anda bath for molten solder opposing ksaid jaws, and means to release articles from said jaws.

16.' The combination of means to assemble articles together, a reciprocative and1 rotative shaft provided with a head having radially disposed arms, means to reciprocate' and rotate 'said shaft, said arms and shaft having communicating bores, a da connected with saidshaft and having a ore communicating withl the bore of said shaft, means to permit said-shaft to rotate independently of said cap, means to supply the l ore of said' cap intermittently with compressed air, said arms being providedwith spindles having bores, jaws carried by said spindles to grasp said articles, a bath for flux and a bath for molten solder o posing said jaws, and means to release artic es from said jaws.

CHARLES GUERITEY. 

